12 For (A)the word of God is living and (B)active, (C)sharper than any (D)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and (E)discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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12 For the word of God(A) is alive(B) and active.(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(E)

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29 (A)Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and (B)like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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29 “Is not my word like fire,”(A) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(B) that breaks a rock in pieces?

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11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
    it shall not return to me empty,
but (A)it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
    and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

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11 so is my word(A) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,(B)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose(C) for which I sent it.

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17 and take (A)the helmet of salvation, and (B)the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

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17 Take the helmet of salvation(A) and the sword of the Spirit,(B) which is the word of God.(C)

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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
    it imparts (A)understanding to the simple.

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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;(A)
    it gives understanding to the simple.(B)

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23 (A)since you have been born again, (B)not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through (C)the living and abiding word of God;

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23 For you have been born again,(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(B) through the living and enduring word of God.(C)

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(A)He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
    (B)in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
    in his quiver he hid me away.

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He made my mouth(A) like a sharpened sword,(B)
    in the shadow of his hand(C) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(D)
    and concealed me in his quiver.

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16 (A)In his right hand he held seven stars, (B)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and (C)his face was like the sun shining (D)in full strength.

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16 In his right hand he held seven stars,(A) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.(B) His face was like the sun(C) shining in all its brilliance.

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13 And (A)we also thank God constantly[a] for this, that when you received (B)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it (C)not as the word of men[b] but as what it really is, the word of God, (D)which is at work in you believers.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Or without ceasing
  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

13 And we also thank God continually(A) because, when you received the word of God,(B) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

16 For (A)I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is (B)the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew (C)first and also to (D)the Greek.

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16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel,(A) because it is the power of God(B) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:(C) first to the Jew,(D) then to the Gentile.(E)

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10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
    (B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
    according to the fruit of his deeds.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys

10 “I the Lord search the heart(A)
    and examine the mind,(B)
to reward(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(D)

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15 (A)From his mouth comes a sharp sword (B)with which to strike down the nations, and (C)he will rule[a] them with a rod of iron. (D)He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

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  1. Revelation 19:15 Greek shepherd

15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword(A) with which to strike down(B) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a](C) He treads the winepress(D) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

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  1. Revelation 19:15 Psalm 2:9

13 But when (A)anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

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13 But everything exposed by the light(A) becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

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